Computer Power and Human Reason
Published on 30. September 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-14-017911-8 (ISBN)
Description
First published in the USA in 1977, this is a book on the impact of computers and the integration of scientific and humanistic thinking. The book is a computer scientist's elucidation of the impact of scientific rationality on man's self-image. Weizenbaum's arguments have added force because they are accompanied by an account of the sources of the power of the computer, the machine that is the very embodiment of scientific rationality.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
231 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-017911-8 (9780140179118)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
On tools; where the power of the computer comes from; how computers work; science and the compulsive programmer; theories and models; computer models in psychology; the computer and natural language; artificial intelligence; incomprehensible programs; against the imperialism of instrumental reason.